25 Random Things About Me

1. I am very competitive. At one point in time, my own family would not play me in the board game of Monopoly.™
   
2. At the age of 16, I graduated fifth from a class of about 525 students and was accepted to the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan/Ann Arbor.
   
3. I didn't vote for President Obama and I am offended when folks, regardless of their race, assume that I did because of my race.
   
4. One of my most humbling moments as a parent occurred when I couldn't help my daughter with her Music Class homework, despite my undergraduate degree in Engineering.
   
5. I know what it feels like to have my heart broken; I have been a Detroit Lions fan for about 30 years.
   
6. My favorite colors are black and red. (Detroit Cooley High)
   
7. The scariest moment in my life occurred not when I was robbed at gun-point in my then North Rosedale neighborhood, but when I witnessed the birth of my first child; I was clueless.
   
8. The last time I cried was two months ago, as I listened to a prospective student for my CCW Class, voluntarily recount her experience of being brutally raped.
   
9. It was never a goal of mine to be wealthy, as I am not. However, because of my children, my family, and my friends I consider myself richer than Bill Gates.
   
10. I am a Certified Auctioneer. I can count faster backwards than most people can count forwards.
    
11. I have never attended at hockey game. In fact, I don't even know the rules.
    
12. I have the uncanny ability to get whatever I want. The real trick is knowing how not to want the wrong things.
    
13. While in college and holding down a cooperative job with GM™ I was at one time the Region IV Chairperson of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). Previously, I had served as a Chapter President.
    
14. I can proudly state that I never had a Jheri Curl.
    
15. I believe that the Second Amendment is an individual right.
    
16. My favorite ice cream flavor is Butter Pecan.
    
17. My left ear lobe is pierced but I rarely wear an earring in it.
    
18. I want to get a tattoo but can't think of anything that important.
    
19. I am a true Libra and could never date one.
    
20. I studied Latin for three years in high school. My personal motto is "Audentes Fortuna Juvat."
    
21. My personality is best summed as an "Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove."
    
22. I believe that the warmest spots in Hell are reserved for pedophiles, rapists, and jackers.
    
23. I have never missed voting in an election since turning 18. I am starting to become disillusioned with politics.
    
24. I am the first person in my family to have graduated from college.
    
25. I don't like big churches.